Germany, Nsdap. An Air Raid Auxiliary Personnel Armband GTRexclude and a date of “1944”

and a date of “1944”

he enlisted in the Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve as an Aircraftsman 2nd Class and rose to become a Corporal

1) The German Cross in Gold (Deutsches Kreuz in Gold)

Resch - Type I

A Second War Royal Air Force Officers Observer Wing -  Silver bullion on black wool

Germany, Nsdap. An Air Raid Auxiliary Personnel Armband GTRexclude and a date of “1944”(Luftkriegs Einsatz Armband). Constructed of red dyed cotton, the exterior bearing a central white disc overlaid by a black mobile swastika, flanked by an inscription of NSDAP LUFTKRIEGS EINSATZ, with an illegible blue ink stamp over the disc, otherwise unmarked, measuring 210 mm (l) x 52 mm (h), with some material fatigue evident, in overall near extremely fine condition.